Shade, curtain, or awning roller.



i G. 0. HILL. SHADE, CURTAIN, 0R AWNING ROLLER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. I9I5f 1,166,683., Patented Jan.4,1916.

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Application filed January 1 (1., whom it may concern Beithnown' that I, Gnoncn D. Him. a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident-f Louisville, county of Jeiierson, State. of JKentuclry, have invented certain new and :USQflll.IIHPFOTQIEQIHS in Shade, iurtain, or'Awningfiollers, of which the toilet 'ngi is a specification.

Thisinrention relates to new, novel, and useful improvements in shade roller, curtain orawning fixturesof all classes whatsoever, in yWlilCli ea. roller and brackets are pro- .vided, by-means'ot'whicl the rotation of the roller with its shade, curtain or awning 15, attached, is checked or stopped from un winding-at a fixed position which is selected in the scopeiotthc movement of the shade, curtain orawning upon the roller to which it is attaehcdi The fixed point or position may. beiselected within oneor more revolu tions of the "fabric of the shade, curtain or awning, uponthe roller, near the end where the fabric is attachedfto the roller, thus proventing the detachment of the fabric from me roller when the shade, curtain or awning pulled down itsentire length as now often happens;

lnfthe' present invention the fabric attachd to shadeycurtain or awning rollers having bracket supports-is prevented from becoming dctachedoi torn loose from its fas'tenings-to itsroller, by means of the novelconstruction of, the journal, which is sometimes" cal-led"spindle,- and bracket of the roller fixtureg'in' such a manner that the fabric'ofthe shade, curtain or awning roller is automatically cl i'eicked' or stopped and re tain'edata fixed-"point or position selected i-etch ionbn its roller so as to pr ven' the' rattle? pnrftaring from its fasteniils j'ng a shade, curtain.

ngth to. be used ,where hing of shorter length cutting the length of the oil an arrangement of dbraclie'tl of the shade,

s notin any way interi n u nd hsiln in the shade, mm or 1 checked scope of its m H. 1, -n ovem'e t on ts oller nor with the removal of shade curtain or awning roller from 15? '1' g -ad ustments.

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SHADE, curt-raring Specification of Letters Patent.

I Fatented Jan. 4; 1916.

"rtures, used in shade, cur-- iturcs of this class, by pretinting tb' nice, curtain or awning fabric troznlneco inn detached or torn loose from *olle r at it A stenings, thus providing an to the public using roller as. J ention will be best understood by a consideration of the detailed description taken connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, in which drawing,

Figure l is a. plan view of one end of a shade, curtain or awning attached. toits roller. Fig. 2 is an enlarged View. of a thin circular metallic disk. Fig. 3 is a detached View of a curtain bracket. Fig. i is an enlarged detached .view of the coil shaped spring. Fig. 5 is a View showing a modified construction of the ournal. Fig. 6 is a View of one end of a shade, curtain or awning at-- t'ached to its roller. Fig. 7 is a View showing a modified construction of the bracket to which is fastened the journal. Fig. 8 is a. View of one end of a shade, curtain or awning attached to its roller. Fig. 9 is a view of one end of a shade, curtain or awning attached to its roller.

Referring to the figures by characters of -1, 5 and 7, fastened to a roller 2, by any suitable or usualmeans, but preferably by being inserted or driven into one. end of the roller 2, in its longitudinal axis, by means of the pointed end i, Fig. 5.

3 is a shoulder on Journal 1, for preventing its being driven too far into the material of roller The pointedend 4, Fig. 5, of the journal 1, is of such cross-section transversely, preferably of triangulartransrerse cross-section, as. to allow itself toturn witli' its roller 2 when the shade, curtain or aWning attached to.roller2 is .pulled down or woundlup. I do not, however, confine my,

self to this particular Way of fastening jour- "nal or spindle 1 tdits roller 2 for accomplish.

ing the. purposeyof my invention, for the journal :1 may be fastened to bracket 10 or V be an integral part thereof, as in Fig. 7,

which shows another ormodified. formkof construction of the parts i'nyolv ng the same principles in either case, all of which will be more fully explained hereafter. The journal. 1, Fig. 1, revolves within the coils of the coil-shaped springl3, Fig. d,-

within the tubular portion, or boxing 5 of bracket 10, and fastened thereto, by any suitable means but preferably by having theinner end 7, of the coil shaped spring, F ig. 4-, inserted through the hole 6 in the side of and near the inner end of tubular portion or boxing 5 of'bracket 10, supporting the roller fixture. myself to this method alone for providing a place for the boxing 5 retaining the coil shaped spring shown in Fig. l, but the tubular portion or boxing 5 shown by dotted lines in Fig. 9 may be placed and fixed within the bore of one end of the roller 2 and ,made to turn with same as shown, this being another or modified form of construction of the parts involving the sanie'principles in either case.

18 is a thin circular metallic disk with central hole 8, shown in Fig. 2, preferably rectangular-in cross-section but in all cases of a cross-section corresponding to the transverse cross-section adopted for the journal 1,011 which it fits, withwhich it turns and moves longitudinally.

9, 9, are external projections, of the shape shown, on the circumference of the thin circular metallic disk 18, Fig. 2. Either one.

of these external projections 9, 9 engages itself with the loop 12 of the'coil-shaped spring, Fig. 4, when. comingin contact therewith, as will be more fully explained. in assembling the parts of my invention. The external projections, 9, 9 also act as means for allowing the thin circular metallic disk, Fig. '2, to revolve within the coils 11 of the coil shaped spring 13, Fig. 4, when revolving with and longitudinally on the journal or spindle 1, in its tubular boxing 5, before coming in contact withp'art 12 of the coilshaped spring, Fig. 4.

' shade, curtain or awning. After a sufficient length of coil-shaped spring is thus obtained a loop or bend 12 is made in the coil of the spring and the coiling of the spring is continued-in the reverse direction from its initial direction for a sufficient length and ending to form its inner end 7. y

11 is the coils of the outer or initial end placed However, I do not confine checking or stopping the further revolution the journal or spindle 1, with its roller and shade, curtain or awning attached.

' In Fig. 5 there is shown a modified con struction of the journal 1, with shoulder 3, pointed endsland hinged portion 1?, the dotted lines'indicating another position of so this hinged portionl? and also the position 4 of roller 9. The hinged-portion. 17 of journal or spindle 1' isfor facilitating the removal oft-he shade, curtain or awning roller from its tubular bracket support when'titted to the insideof. a frame, more particularly" shown in Fig; 6. 2 is a roller.

Fig. 6 showsthe end of a: shade, curtain or awning attached to its, roller 2. 10 is a bracketsiinilar to bracket 10, Fig; Dot

ted lines show tubular portion ofbracket 1O fastened to the inside face of a frame 16 by'having the tubular aortion inserted into a suitable hole in tieinside face of a j frame and fastened thereto. Journal or spindl'e'l is shown in Fi fastened to i bracket 10,.in' such a way as tobe' an'integral part of thenietal forming bracket 1O. 1.? is the'hi-nged portion of journal or spindle 1.. This modified form of construction of the 1 0 bracket is only used in connection with the i use of the modified form of construction when the tubular boxing is placed or fixed within the bore of one end ofthe roller 2 as in Fig.9.

Roller 2 is shown in Fig. 8 with one endof :1 shade, curtain or awning attached thereto, employing my, invention." The. bracket 10, similar to bracket'lO in Fig. 3, is fastened-to the outside face of frame :16 by suitable means. 5 is the tubular portion of bracket 10. In the bore of roller 2, Fig. 9, is-inserted andfastened tubular boxing 5- with coil-shaped spring 13 fitting andfasr ios tencd by end 7 on the inside o'f saidtubular boxing. 12 isa loop'or bendllin coil-shaped spring 1 3.for stopping or engagingwith one of the external projections 9, 9 ofthin metallic disk 18, Fig. 2, when in contact. 11 a the plane of'thecoil of the coil-shaped spring 13, Fig. 9, 1"epresentinga modified form of'con'struction of one of .the parts of my invention in; which thetubular boxing 5 is placed andfixed withii'ione end of roller 2. Y Inassembhngthe parts, ,as in Fig. 1, the journal or spindle- 1;is fastened bysuit'able means or inserted into the'bore of the roller- 2 by its pointed end 4, asihFig, 5, untilthe .shoulder 3 fits upagainst the end of roller -ivith the slia:ldjcurtain o Ways leaving at 'lcar f roller, the brac ,meacss is, then I ,lar metallic disk 18 by neanssofthe central holefi, Fig. {2; then, i awnino; unwound desired len "11, but alv one or more rcroltu tions of the fabric covering tl fastenings holding the shad placed the thin vci upon its roller to, an

t with its, tubular ho);- ing finclosing the coll-shaped spring 13, Fig. 4-, is placed overthe joiu'nal or spindle l and revolved. in the same directionthat the roller would take in winding up its shade,

curtain or awnin the outer end of the coil-shaped so, ,5, ,g, ,Vlil'l theexternal projections if, 9 of the thin. cir- -cular metallic disk,

so as to wind up dislhlhg, within the thin circular meta the planes of the coils of the coil shaped' spring until one of the external. projections 9, 9' engages itself with the loop or bend 12 of the coil-shaped spring, Fig. i, and is stopped from further revolving. lllhen this movement ceases the b 'acket l0 then fastened to its frame in the usual manner.

The shade, curtain or awning is then ready to be operated in the usual manner. The immediate eflect of such an arrangement of the parts of a shade, curtain or awning fir;- ture to which my invention relates is to olfer a positive stop or check to the unwinding of the shade, curtain orawning at any fixed or designated point \vithin the scope of its movement upon its roller; this fixed point or position for checking or stopp ng the un-.

windingof the shade, curtain or awning, is never fixed less than one revolution of the fabric over the fastenings which fasten the shade, curtain or awning to its roller. and

affords means whereby the fabric of the shade, curtain or awning is better enabled and adapted to Withstand the tensile strain to which it is subjected in pulling down the shade, curtain. or awning its full length,

thereby -preventing the fabric from easily becoming torn loose or detached from its roller as now often happens with shade, curtain or awning fixturesof this class. By fixing the point or position in the scope of theniovement of a shade, curtain or. awning on its roller Where it is to be checked or stopped inumvindin'g so asto leave permanently. Wound up on itsroller that part of the fabric not necessary tobe used in operating'a shade, curtain or awning of longer length where one ofshorter length is desired, there is thus provided means/for the novel construction of the parts of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In shade, curtain or awning fixtures, in combination, a roller, a roller bracket consisting of a tubular boxing Within which is o curtain or awning to its' fitted and fastened suitabledmeans a coiled spring having. near its inner end a loop or bend, a thin --circul ar metallic disc with external projections and-iv central'hole of other tluincylindrica-lcross-section,- and a journalof similar transverse cross section to that adopted for the cross-section ofthe central hole in the thin-metallic disk fitted, andJfa'stened to oneendof a roller, 'substan v v tially as and for the purpose described;

ln shade, curtain or awning'fixtures, in combinatioma', roller, a roller bracket consi ting of a1 tubular-boxing. intheside of which near its inner .e'n'd is a hole adapted to. receive and fastentheinner end of a suitably coiled spring, a-coiled spring havingnear its inner end a loop or bend, the inner end beada ied to fasten and fit in said holeinsi\ e of the tubular boning, a thin circular metallic disk with external projections and a central hole of other than cylindrical-cross section, and a journal or spindle of similar transverse cross section to that adopted for the cross section of the central hole of the thin metallic disk, fitted and fastenedto one purpose described.

3. ln shade, curtain or awning fixtures, in.

end of a roller,substantially as and for the;

thin circular metallic disk, fitted and fus tened to one end of a roller and adapte'dto turn therewith, substantially as and for the purpose described 1 l i. In shade, curt combination, :1 rolls a tubular boxing wit and fastened a coiled-.spi mg having n inner end a loop or'bend adapted try-engage ernalprojections on the circu1n- I thin circular metallic disk and disk, a ournal or spindle of cylindrical transverse crossgsec- 'tion, a thln circular metallicdisk with a cen-' tral hole of cross section'similar to thetransverse cross section of the journal or spindle upon' which the thin circular metallic disk is adapted to fit revolve with and move upon longitudinally, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5; In shade, curtain or awning fixtures, in

' combination, a roller, a roller bracket having a tubular boxing wlth n wh ch 1s mounted and fastened a coiled springihaving near its inner end-a loop or bend adapted to engage with the 'external projections on the circum :1. thincircula-r metallic disk Wit-11 a, I hole'ef cross section similar to the cross seetien of the journal 01" zpen which the thin circular meek is adapted 1e fit revolve with zmi ipon longitudinally; said. journal 01: being provided with a hinged poreeent the Irollei', substantially ix sand. er the purpose jlSC-i'ibfid. v

' n. shade, curtain "01.- awning fixtures, in nation, a Teller, a roller eraekei: with e 1' baking, a journal of other it n cyseit-rensverse crass sectiolti, a. thin e11 elder mesiellic disk with central hale adapted 71:" then eyhledrieel transverse cross sec-- to leosely fit, revolve with and move 1ongitudinally upon said journal and with exlaer-- 11:11 projections on its cireun'lifierenee, a coil shaped spring with. 3100p or bend in its coil near its innel; end, with its inner end adapted to fasten and fit Within the bore of the tnbahn boxing.

In tesj imony of the fact that. I claim the feregding as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE D. HILL.

YTitn'eeses CHARLES -OES'IH'EICI-L LEWIS Exams. 

